Special Reports

What is Inflation?  So what exactly is inflation, and how did we rise to such an astronomical rate so quickly? At the time of writing this article, inflation is at 7.9%, the highest that it has hit in the last 40 years. It is based on the consumer price index,...

As we have all endured the collective experience of a global pandemic, it has been a challenge to say the least in keeping up with work life balance, productivity, loneliness, and the possibility of burnout. Now, we may be rounding the corner as pandemic cases are receding from their highs,...

To be a company the public can count on, your company's most valuable resource — its people — needs to be able to count on you, too. There are a few steps you can take to build trust with your internal teams. Organizational values operate on two fronts. Yes, they...

As North America and Europe implement tighter financial restrictions and block Russian banks from using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) transactions system, tensions are growing to an all-time high. When Western countries imposed sanctions on Iran in 2012, U.S. banks were attacked by Iranian hackers and flooded...

We are often all slow to accept that which we don’t like the look of. We tend to believe what we want to believe – that which suits us to believe even when a different reality stares us starkly in the face.  My nephew is currently stuck in Western Ukraine...

While researchers may take years to understand the full effects of the coronavirus on the human anatomy and its long-term implications, the interim effects of the virus are being felt every day in people and countries. Business owners have seen it all in the last two years, from workplace restrictions...

Teaching Notes from an MBA and Post Grad Business Strategy Class Session. Amazingly, there are numerous similarities between Business Strategy and Military Strategy. By studying both, we can see the similarities of why certain things lead to success while others lead to failure; and why neglecting fundamentals lead to struggles...

When people at all levels of a company – from the management to the front lines – are trained and empowered to think and act like corporate owners, great things happen. Employment and average incomes rise, innovation leads to valued products and services, the presence of the company is felt...

Retail is, conceptually, pretty simple. A retailer buys in stock, marks it up, and sells it to a customer. When executed well, the retailer makes money – enough to pay for business operations, a profit, and the items that didn’t sell. That model goes back at least 3,000 years, and...

Let’s do a quick recap of what we have learned in this series on critical thinking. There are a number of skills we identified as necessary for critical thinking: Logical thinking Nonlinear or lateral thinking Reasoning Embracing change Self-awareness and cognitive bias Perspectives and objectivity Distinguishing between facts and values...